Logistics
Keep a Closer Eye on the Post Office If a recent analysis by its Inspector General is correct (“Priority Mail Ads Don’t Fit Cost Audit,” September 9), than the Postal Service has been illegally overcharging its monopoly...
U.S. Postal Service’s Chronic Woes The Postal Service recently announced it would seek to raise stamp prices to 46 cents in 2011. The agency claims the 4.5-percent rate hike is necessary to help cover the nearly quarter-trillion-dollar shortfall it ...
Postal Trendwatch – Q2 2010 The U.S. Postal Service lost $1.58 billion in the second quarter of FY 2010. USPS says that it has experienced negative operating results in 13 of the last 15 quarters. Operating revenue declined by $241 ...
European Aircraft Subsidies: A Study Of Unfair Trade Practices The United States historically has been the dominant supplier of commercial transports -- airliners -- to the global market. As recently as 20 years ago, Boeing and other U.S. companies controlled 85% . . .
Deliver Us from the Mail: Aggressive Cost Cutting Can Pave the Way Toward Privatization Last Tuesday, Postmaster General John Potter outlined a rescue plan for the U.S. Postal Service, which is predicted to lose $238 billion over the next decade. “The crisis we’re facing gives us an historic ...
Postal TrendWatch — Q1 2010 The U.S. Postal Service suffered a net loss of $297 million in the first quarter of FY 2010. The loss represents a slight improvement over the loss posted in Q1 FY 2009. Total mail revenue declined by $740 ...
Postal TrendWatch — Q4 2009 The United States Postal Service (USPS) concluded FY 2009 with a $3.8-billion loss and a total cumulative debt of $10.2 billion. This was its third consecutive year of multibillion-dollar losses. The loss ...
Can Public Sector Deliver Post Office from Fiscal Ruin? The U.S. Postal Service just closed the books on its third consecutive annual loss. Postmaster General John Potter recently stated that USPS is "facing a significant gap going forward of $5 billion." That ...
Third-Party Logistics Turns To Greening Supply Chains With Fortune 500 decisionmakers ever more mindful of their companies’ environmental and energy impacts, the Third-Party Logistics (3PL) industry can expect to play a significant role increasing the efficiency of their transportation functions, and reducing their carbon footprints.
Airbus Illegal Subsidies: Washington Must Act The World Trade Organization has determined that European Union countries used illegal subsidies in enabling Airbus to build airliners that compete with planes made by Boeing. The practical effect of . . .